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  1. noun
    the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
    "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"

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  2. noun
    one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

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  3. noun
    something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
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  4. verb
    refuse to comply

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  5. noun
    an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
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  • turkey a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
  • greece a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
  • bulgaria a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
  • albania a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula
  • croatia a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
  • balkans a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
  • balkans the Balkan countries collectively
  • balkans the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
  • balkan an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
  • macedonia landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991
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